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Bermuda’s Covid-19 risk rating was today downgraded by the US Centres for Disease Control.
Bermuda is now classed as “Level 2 – moderate”, down from “Level 4 – very high” in a travel advisory on the organisation’s website.
The CDC raised Bermuda’s ra...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Motorists are being warned that parking at #5 car park on Front Street will be disrupted when it is used for passengers on the Viking Orion.
A spokeswoman said: “The City of Hamilton is advising motorists of temporary disruption regarding access to t...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A total of three new cases of the coronavirus have been identified – all in residents who returned from overseas.
The health ministry said last night the cases all came in last Thursday on JetBlue flights from the US – two infections from New York an...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
People who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 have until today to get their first jab from the remaining stockpiles of the drug.
Supplies of the Pfizer vaccine will pass their use-by date at the end of the month.
With a three-week interval nee...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A 38-year-old man appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning charged with a murder five years ago.
Davin Providence was accused of having “unlawfully killed” Jevon Daniels, 35, between May 17, 2016 and June 13, 2016.
He was not required to ente...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A senior official of the Bermuda Industrial Union is to launch legal action against Chris Furbert, its president, after he claimed he fired him against the organisation’s rules.
George Scott, who was an executive officer for the union for 18 years, ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Supreme Court has upheld a decision to fire a childcare worker for drinking on the job.
The Department of Child and Family Services fired Cheyra Bell in February 2019 after Derrick Binns, the Head of the Public Service, found she was guilty of gr...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cruise ship operator Royal Caribbean International has scrapped plans to bring two of its liners to the island over the summer.
Freedom of the Seas and Enchantment of the Seas were scheduled to make 21 visits each to Bermuda from July to October....
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Bermuda cargo ship is stranded in port in the US after it suffered rudder problems.
The Bermuda Islander, operated by Meyer Freight, part of Bermuda International Shipping Ltd, is tied up in Salem, New Jersey while repairs are made.
George Butterfi...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
An exhibition to mark the first anniversary of the island’s Black Lives Matter march opened yesterday.
The art show – a joint effort by Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, BLM Bermuda and the Peaceful Art Protest set up in its support – will run at M...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan